My bad luck continues...I've nearly had enough!

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Curragh

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Hi,

Well, pffttt! Having a rather bad run of luck recently, I just want my luck to change and for me to really enjoy being around my horses.

My ex racer has been off work for 6 months now, he has strained the ligaments between his vertebrae and I was advised to turn him away for complete rest. Vet said to re-check after 6 months, this I did and the news is not great. He is still sore, although better than initially. The vet thinks that it is not encouraging for him still to be so sore and has thought he may have arthritic changes between the vertebrae. A bone scan would be used to confirm this at £800! I just do not have the money to do this and have decided to try a chiropractor for a second opinion. I've no idea what I'm going to do, so if any one has any experience of this please help :)
 
The vet said something quite similar to me today. Apparently x-rays are needed to pinpoint the arthritic changes before treatment can be attempted, otherwise the treatment is likely to do no good. I can't offer an alternative, but I do feel your pain if that helps. It's a lot of money.
 
I saw your post earlier and was going to ask my friend who is a physio, her opinion as it does sound like an unusual injury. How was it diagnosed as a ligament strain?
I will try and catch her in the morning and see what she thinks and post here later.
 
Sorry, no experience of this, but wanted to sympathise re the bad luck as I've gone through almost 18 months of lameness problems with my mare and despite treatment at Rossdale's the prognosis is not good for her - very light hacking only.

Hope things get better for you. I would get a good physio/osteo to have a look before spending out on a bone scan - they may well be able to pick up on something.
 
Not quite the same injury as your horse OP but my own mare was diagnosed as having partially torn the ligament from the bone in her hoof which created bone fragments, which travelled up the core of the ligament (the largest pieces of bone fragment were found via Ultrasound and seen in her pastern area). The vet at the equine clinic offered no hope, no surgery, and an extremely very little chance for her actually.

So I turned her out, shoes off and she very gradually (but not willingly) went into early retirement - however, under pressure from my YO and other horse owners who felt desperately sorry for her being turned out and having watched her gallop up and down the field on a regular basis :rolleyes: I decided to lunge her this week to see exactly how she was doing and I was surprised at the massive improvement in her, after over a year of being turned out.

So much so that I am going to get her shod and start hacking her around the farm - so OK, she will probably never be 100% sound, nor will she ever go hunting again or do a dressage test but just to get a very busy/active mare out and about will be a Godsend :) for her sanity and mine!

So the whole point of all that rambling was - don't give up hope, if you have the time, facilities and money to give your horse time off, then you may well be rewarded :)
 
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I saw your post earlier and was going to ask my friend who is a physio, her opinion as it does sound like an unusual injury. How was it diagnosed as a ligament strain?
I will try and catch her in the morning and see what she thinks and post here later.
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I had him xrayed and scanned, vet initially thought it was kissing spine. I'm going to try and get Claire McDonald (chiropractor) out to see him, I have found her useful in the past.

Thanks all for your replies :)
 
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